TIEGA WINTER CONFERENCE 2017PROGRAM OF EVENTS

The following are our presenters for your educational purposes. The goal is to give AVTF instructors immediate take-aways for their class, their program, and their students. We highly recommend that you bring your laptop, especially if it is loaded with the Adobe CC.

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Learning About Student Television Network

Charles DeWalt: Charles will engage you in the most dynamic Student Video organization in the country. In this session, you will learn how your students can become more engaged by joining ​Student Television Network. He will show you that STN will help grow your program through creative contests, endless lesson plans, engaging student videos and a network of teachers that lead the nation in student productions.

If you want to grow your program beyond your wildest dreams, you owe it to yourself to learn more about STN! The STN convention is coming up and you will want to learn more about the largest student video expo in the country.

Build Your Program One Touchdown at a Time

Tom White: Tom White began teaching video production at the Rockdale Career Academy in 2011 after a career in radio marketing and online content creation. In 2015, Tom launched the Sports Broadcast Institute andRockdaleLive.com to promote and produce live sports events for the Three high schools in the Rockdale County Public School system. The Sports Broadcast Institute’s dedication to coverage and professionalism has garnered several awards including the NFHS Network Best Overall School Broadcast Program and Innovation in Education by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement.

Build Your Program One Touchdown at a TimeDetails: Learn from a ton of mistakes and broken equipment the best way to start a sports production program that builds your program both financially and in the community. You will walk away with best practices on how to handle staffing, equipment acquisition, and scheduling.

Adobe Premiere Pro for Teachers and Students

Pasha Souvrin: This session will be fully flipped, so bring a laptop if you can. Teachers will explore an online tutorial system for Adobe Premiere Pro at their own pace. The instructor will have individualized conversations with teachers while they explore the website. Attendees will learn how their students can use the tutorial system to learn Adobe Premiere Pro.

Pasha Souvorin has taught video production in Georgia for over 15 years. He is a PBSLearningMedia Lead Digital Innovator, and author of the award winning Learner Power hybrid learning system.

Managing Your Class and Program or If Steve Jobs Ran a Video Class

Tracy Misner: Tracy began teaching at Alpharetta High School in 2009 in a program that was shrinking to only about 50 students. Today, Misner's program has grown to over 160 students with success stories that include 11 Student Production Awards from NATAS, students going to films schools at NYU, Chapman, FSU, USC, and UCLA.

In this hands on session teachers will learn how to manage their classroom digitally and EFFICIENTLY. You will learn how use a website to store student work, engage in easy parent conferences, and not have to guess what to teach next. Your lesson plans will lay out the entire year using Google Calendar and his website ​​AHSvideo.com

Misner has been involved in the video industry since 1993 operating a boutique media production company now servicing small selected companies. He is on the board for The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) for The Student Production Awards, He is STN's 2016 Teacher of the Year, TIEGA's 2016 Teacher of the Year, and the proud husband of Adrienne and father of three extraordinary children.

Georgia Film Industry: Preparing Students for Success

Working in the film industry is not easy nor glamorous. Your hands getdirty, it's physically challenging and mentally exhausting, with very long hours, incredibly high stress situations, and constant change, not always for the better. It's not a job for anyone nor everyone. It requires thick skin. It's intrinsic and a lifestyle, with skills learned mostly on thejob. Terminology, basic equipment, and proper resume creation, as well as protocol, hierarchy, and networking are all important, but only those with passion, drive, and ambition for film and television are likely to succeed. To thrive, students must be able to problem solve, and thinkcritically and independently, while also following directions exactly.It's military structure with a creative and innovative pursuit of art.Training on how to be an employable entry level production assistant ismore important to a student's success than teaching them how to hold a boom pole, set a flag, or breakdown a script.

Linda Burns, with nearly 25 years of film and television experiencein Georgia, started her career as a production assistant, working her way up to producer of award winning narrative films, broadcast television shows, and national commercials. Occasionally, she directs documentaries. In her spare time, she runs the prestigious film training program, ThePAAcademy.org, teaches entry and advanced level production classes, mentors content creators in The D-Girl Project, and manages The CreativeConference for Atlanta Film Festival. She sits on the executive boards of Georgia Production Partnership and Atlanta Film Society, and is a chartermember of the Atlanta chapters of the Producers Guild of America and Film Fatales.